Leucoptera laburnella

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Leucoptera laburnella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lyonetiidae
Genus: Leucoptera
Species:
L. laburnella
Binomial name
Leucoptera laburnella
(Stainton, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Cemiostoma laburnellaStainton, 1851
  • Cemiostoma wailesellaStainton, 1858
  • Leucoptera wailesella

Leucoptera laburnella (laburnum leaf miner) is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae. It is found in most of Europe, except the European part of Russia and the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula. [1] It is also found in North America.

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Description

The forewings are white; an oblique ochreous-yellow bar from costa beyond middle, edged with dark fuscous ; a nearly vertical ochreous-yellow costal spot before apex, edged with dark fuscous parallel lines ; beneath this a pale violet -golden -metallic post-tornal spot, edged on sides with black and above with yellowish ; apex yellowish ; three diverging dark fuscous bars in apical cilia. Hindwings are whitish. The larva is green-whitish. [2]

Biology

The larvae feed on Astragalus , Chamaecytisus supinus , Genista tinctoria , Laburnocytisus adamii , Laburnum alpinum , Laburnum anagyroides , Lupinus polyphyllus and Petteria ramentacea (Fabaceae). They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mines are undistinguishable from those of Leucoptera genistae . The mine starts as a densely contorted corridor, that quickly turns brown. It is followed by a more or less straight corridor entirely filled with greyish-green frass. Then it widens into a round blotch that overruns the earlier corridor and in the end may occupy half of a leaflet. Pupation takes place outside of the mine. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Leucoptera laburnella (Stainton, 1851)". 2.5. Fauna Europaea. July 23, 2012. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  2. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description
  3. ↑ "Leucoptera laburnella (Stainton, 1851)". Bladmineerders.nl. Archived from the original on September 21, 2010. Retrieved September 22, 2010.


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